New group to help activists in 76+ countries with anti-gay laws

World map shows countries where homosexuality is illegal. (Click image for more information.)

A new organization, the Rainbow International LGBT Activist Solidarity Fund, is preparing to raise money to campaign for LGBT rights, equality, justice, sexual liberation, and working class unity in the 76 countries where homosexual activity is against the law.

The group is planning a fund-raising gathering Dec. 8 in London, with May 8, 2014, as the target for starting to consider grant applications.

The planned beneficiaries will be “frontline, emergent and would-be LGBT rights activists, principally in the 76 countries where being LGBT is still illegal.”

A six-month fundraising target for the initial pool of funds will be announced at the launch event, along with a website and an online thermometer to measure the progress of fund-raising.